晒

Meaning

晒 centers on exposing something to the elements, especially sunlight and air, to change it: bleaching fabric, airing out, or refining by open-air treatment. The idea of exposure also extends to making something visible or public.

• 晒すさらす
  N1

  to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)

• 晒しさらし

  bleaching; soaking

• 晒し者さらしもの

  pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

• 夜晒よざらし

  leaving things exposed outside all night

• 寒晒しかんざらし

  exposure to cold

• 晒し木綿さらしもめん

  bleached cotton cloth

• 晒し粉さらしこ

  bleaching powder

• 晒竹さらしだけ

  dried bamboo; white bamboo

• 晒菜升麻さらしなしょうま

  bugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)

• 晒裏さらしうら

  bleached lining (esp. tabi); bleached interior

• 未晒しみさらし

  unbleached; undyed

• 棚晒したなざらし

  shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer

• 洗い晒すあらいざらす

  to fade something by overwashing it

• 目を晒すめをさらす

  to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)

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